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Re: FRC Blogged: - Motor Controllers

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Originally Posted by AlexH View Post
i thought it was (voltage1*amps1=total watts=voltage2*amps2)
You were using the voltage delivered to the output (the motor) times the current delivered to the output. The power dissipated in the motor controller is not 28*60=1680 watts. It would fry.


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